Moff
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well you cant please everyone. most people the thread here seemed to like it very much though.
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Might & Magic X Legacy |OT| From Corak and Sheltem to Enroth and Erathia
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well you cant please everyone. most people the thread here seemed to like it very much though.
This character class guide looks useful: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=241056551
It's the new DLC pack:
https://mightandmagicx-legacy.ubi.c...x-legacy-the-falcon-the-unicorn-now-available
That would be The Falcon & The Unicorn DLC.
Sentenza
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Pure tanks are fairly useless, go for a blademaster as main melee and pair him mostly with casters.
Well by having a freemage and a druid you have 2 casters who can grandmaster primordial which is kind of a waste. Also contrary to Tuco, I found tanks to be very very useful. My Crusader was literally indestructible by the end of the game, and as long as you put points into perception his taunt skills were great.
It was on sale recently.
So I started with a party of human crusader Bedivere, elf bladedancer Shade, dwarf runepriest Spunky and orc shaman Fluffy. My characters in MM games always end up with stupid names. I like to headcanon Spunky likes to attach those "Kick me!" notes on the self-important front-liners, and Fluffy is happy to comply.
I'm still on early stages, recently left the first city and on my way to the lighthouse when I got distracted by exploring the overworld. It always seems that there's a chest or a new monster or a stat-boosting statue or something else interesting just a few tiles away, and a monster I could defeat and new equipment I could use if I get just that one more level. I'm so hopelessly addicted and having a great time.
This. Game. Is. Fantastic.
I'm still on early stages, recently left the first city and on my way to the lighthouse when I got distracted by exploring the overworld. It always seems that there's a chest or a new monster or a stat-boosting statue or something else interesting just a few tiles away, and a monster I could defeat and new equipment I could use if I get just that one more level. I'm so hopelessly addicted and having a great time.
This. Game. Is. Fantastic.
Uplay.
Damn, Uplay strikes again.
Finally finished the game. Loved it overall but man does it become a combat heavy slog toward the end. I think most parties are going to peak ability and gear wise a good 10 hours before the end so it sort of makes exploring a bit pointless. The only gear I really upgraded in that stretch of time was the 2 handed mace relic that is for some reason in the last dungeon. I like the relic system idea but it needs tweaking. They're too powerful, and generally there's not enough competition. What you can find and buy is so random and often so pitiful that even in the slots you don't have relics for it is hard to find real upgrades. Maybe make relics a lot harder to level up? Or maybe tiered relics. Something.
I played all of the DLC too. I found myself liking the dungeons, mainly as a change of pace from the clown car enemy encounters in most dungeons. They're all lighter on combat and heavier on story / atmosphere. Not great stories, mind you, but solid enough. The expansion pack? I can see it pissing people off. You start stripped of your gear which actually makes the next couple hours regain some of the exploration and discovery feel as you get happy even seeing a green item. The second half of the expansion is more typical clown car obnoxiousness but at least it has some interesting enemy abilities for once. I actually used Purge! And a lot of them have chances to bypass armor so even relying on Celestial Armor wasn't always going to work.
For the sequel I really hope they scale back on the combat. I'd rather fight more bosses than minion parades, so compensate that way maybe. Loot / relics need some sort of reworking. Anyways. Good game, if a bit of a bore toward the end at times.
I played all of the DLC too. I found myself liking the dungeons, mainly as a change of pace from the clown car enemy encounters in most dungeons. They're all lighter on combat and heavier on story / atmosphere. Not great stories, mind you, but solid enough. The expansion pack? I can see it pissing people off. You start stripped of your gear which actually makes the next couple hours regain some of the exploration and discovery feel as you get happy even seeing a green item. The second half of the expansion is more typical clown car obnoxiousness but at least it has some interesting enemy abilities for once. I actually used Purge! And a lot of them have chances to bypass armor so even relying on Celestial Armor wasn't always going to work.
For the sequel I really hope they scale back on the combat. I'd rather fight more bosses than minion parades, so compensate that way maybe. Loot / relics need some sort of reworking. Anyways. Good game, if a bit of a bore toward the end at times.
Picked Dark Messiah back up and was amazed at how much assets MMX cribbed from it. I knew it had stuff from recent Heroes games but a ton of the NPCs are from Dark Messiah too. That is impressive cheapness Ubi, the game's 8 years old! I really hope they get the opportunity to create more new stuff for the MMX sequel.
Or maybe the cheapness is on a new level and Dark Messiah's assets are from a game I haven't played or can remember. That would be impressive.
Or maybe the cheapness is on a new level and Dark Messiah's assets are from a game I haven't played or can remember. That would be impressive.
Yeah despite all of this though the game looks impressively consistent and charming to me. Now imagine what they could do with an actual, real art budget.
Moff
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Id love to see screenshots
and I dont mind it at all, it really doesnt bother me if thats whats needed to make a niche game like legacy
foamdino
Member
Playing M&MX made me want to replay M&M 3-5
Looking with longing at http://www.gog.com/game/might_and_magic_6_limited_edition
I started M&M with M&M2 and although X is ok, I don't think it's as good as the old world of xeen games.
Has anyone tried the GOG versions? Do they work on Win 8?
Looking with longing at http://www.gog.com/game/might_and_magic_6_limited_edition
I started M&M with M&M2 and although X is ok, I don't think it's as good as the old world of xeen games.
Has anyone tried the GOG versions? Do they work on Win 8?
That page says Win 8 is supported, and most of the games run in dosbox anyway so the OS shouldn't even have much effect.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
The brilliant thing about GOG is that even though the put in the effort to make sure everything runs perfectly without futzing, if for some reason it doesn't run on yours you can ask for a refund. But they even got System Shock 2 to run flawlessly so I bet they don't see those requests a lot, its just great to know they guarantee them.
AaronB
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I've had my eye on this game, and since I just got a powerful laptop and found M&M X for sale on GameStop for $16.74, I grabbed it. However, it's a Uplay key. Just to make sure, after plugging in the key through Uplay is it possible to access through steam, or do they remain completely separate? (I'm slightly confused since buying things from some other sites gets you a steam key, but I don't see that option here).
They fixed archery, it does really good damage now.
As for required magic? You'll definitely want someone in grandmaster Earth or Light for healing, other then that go with what appeals to you, they are all viable.
What Sinatar said.
Definitely Earth or Light (preferably both, but doesn't have to be GM)
BrokenFiction
Member
OK, I finally picked this up and hooooooooly sheet is it good. Played for about 1.5 hours this afternoon and just wallowing in Giant Spiders and poison. I love the throwback gameplay with modern-ish graphics. I made a throwaway party to start, not knowing where the good balance might be, but maybe I'll keep them.
This kind of fun will tide me over until Divinity comes out in a few weeks. I can't believe I'm saying this, but...thanks Ubisoft!
This kind of fun will tide me over until Divinity comes out in a few weeks. I can't believe I'm saying this, but...thanks Ubisoft!
Saw this link posted in the Steam thread.
https://mightandmagicx-legacy.ubi.com/opendev/blog/post/view/mmx-the-end-of-a-chapter
https://mightandmagicx-legacy.ubi.com/opendev/blog/post/view/mmx-the-end-of-a-chapter
Sentenza
Gold Member
Hype.
- No Unity this time, please
- 2D Monsters (just reuse assets from Clash of Heroes or subcontract Capy to do them, please
- Crossword puzzle
- Alien spaceship disguised as a pyramid
Well, they work fine for Etrian Odyssey games (and just about every Japanese Wizardry clone), and they were/are lovely in World of Xeen.
But then, I'm in the 2D > 3D camp...
EO and those games don't have visible monsters in levels though.
Minsc
Gold Member
Hardly a limitation of a 2D engine tho (given lands of lore, EoB, etc all had visible monsters in levels). I'm still for a fully 3D experience myself, I don't think a 2D would sell as well in this case. It would also be cost prohibitive to animate the sprites properly, and people have higher expectations these days, partly in thanks to the upcoming Grimrock 2, which should raise the bar quite a bit.
Wiktor
Member
God no. I dan't want Capy's children anime 2D in my main M&M universe. Keep it contained to casual games where they fit properly.
Wiktor
Member
Yea cause Might & Magic is super cereal business.
I wouldn;t mind a modern take on those. They were deliciously like PnP ilustrations from cheaper books. Just no fake anime please.